ugh, politics is dead again
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Thread Topic: ugh, politics is dead again
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Ehh whatever. You guys know anything about the whole birth control debate going on right now? I know about it, and you'll hear my thoughts on it, but I wanna see what you guys know first.
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FLgirl92 NewbieI think I know what you're talking about. I've been hearing for about the last week or so that Obama wants to require Catholic institutions to pay for birth control in their employees' health care plans. And apparently Catholics think all birth control is wrong. I never knew that before. And Catholics are considered a mainstream religion? No birth control of ant kind is pretty out there if you ask me.
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Nevertheless, it interferes with their religious freedom if they are required to pay for it or support it. I'm not Catholic and am not against birth control, but it's the principle I'm fighting for. If it were Muslims having an attack on their religious freedoms, I'd feel the same way.
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Ok, so at least one person knows. Anyone else?
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@Ana- The people who work for Catholic institutions, like nurses at Catholic hospitals, include many non-Catholics. Do you think maybe it is an infringement on their religious freedom for their employers to not provide them certain health care benefits, essentially having someone else's beliefs forced on them?
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If you're going to be working for a Catholic institution, or any other religious institution for that matter, you should probably expect it to have the morals of that religion there. It's like walking into a church and saying they're offending your religious rights because you don't agree with the message. Also, why should birth control even be covered? It's not like someone will die or get medically sick if they don't have sex. Then maybe boob jobs and plastic surgery should be covered as well.
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I disagree. I think religion is strictly is personal matter and that no tenant of someone's religion should be forced on another person. Birth control is in fact an essential health benefit. If it weren't for the indroduction of the birth control pill in 1960, the status of women in our country would be comparible to that of the Third World, where there is little to no access to birth control and women are basically confined to the home as a result. Access to birth control allows women to control their own destiny. Also, it is a bit of a misconception to think that Catholics are opposed to Obama's plan. 98% of Catholic women use or have used birth control. The opposition only comes from American bishops (all of whom are men I might add) and from Republicans in Congress looking for a wedge issue.
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FLgirl92 NewbieI agree with Tongue, birth control really is essential. It's probably safe to assume that as a woman you will be sexually active at some point in your adult life, and that you need to prepared, and that condoms alone aren't 100% effective, especially since alot of men don't know how to use them correctly. I suppose I should be advocating for religious freedom because I'm a Christian, but this just seems backwards and wrong to me.
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TheHuntster JuniorIm just gonna read the debate
Is that picture of you, tongue? -
No. That is presidential candidate Rick Santorum, avid opponent of homosexuality, performing oral sex on an ice cream cone.
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Bumping posts to get forum normal again.
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